Topic: Snubs

The 2014 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning by Carson Daly and Mindy Kaling. You can see the full list of nominees on the Emmys website. Instead of telling you who did get nominated, this year we decided to do things a little differently and just complain to you about who didn’t get nominated but really should have. More »

Patton Oswalt is reacting to his Best Supporting Actor snub the only way he knows how: by retreating into a fantasy land where all of his fellow snub-ees are hanging out and drinking with him. As is to be expected of the prolific funny man, he’s sharing this fantasy with us via Twitter. More »

All awards shows can be problematic. The Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys… no matter what the medium, the politics involved often determine who gets nominated and who wins more than the art itself. It’s true that the Tonys usually aren’t quite as bad as, say, the Oscars can be, largely because Broadway is a little more of a niche world than Hollywood; but snubs still happen, though, and this year, there are some pretty spectacular ones in terms of high-profile celebrities getting zilch for their efforts. More »